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Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

We are lucky to have good disaster planning teams on the North Shore. But we also need to take individual action to play our part.
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‘Still very active’: Wildfires burning in Fraser Canyon triggering evacuation orders, alerts

‘Still very active’: Wildfires burning in Fraser Canyon triggering evacuation orders, alerts

Evacuees are asked to head to Merritt Civic Centre.
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Squamish cat owner loses pet to poisoning

Squamish cat owner loses pet to poisoning

Owner wants to remind residents that second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide is permanently banned in B.C.
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Firefighters help feed Poomba the pig that survived West Kelowna wildfire

Firefighters help feed Poomba the pig that survived West Kelowna wildfire

Pilots at Valhalla helicopters dropped granola bars for the pig and firefighters managed to feed them to the pig.
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No jail time for Port Coquitlam caregiver who failed to provide life necessities

No jail time for Port Coquitlam caregiver who failed to provide life necessities

B.C.’s court of appeal recently overturned the 12-month conditional sentence given to Astrid Charlotte Dahl following the death of Port Coquitlam resident Florence Girard in 2018.
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'Waterboys' stay behind to fight fire in B.C.'s Shuswap

'Waterboys' stay behind to fight fire in B.C.'s Shuswap

An MLA in B.C.'s Shuswap region says the men and women who chose to stay are 'highly skilled' individuals.
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At least eight humpback whales struck by boats off B.C. coast in less than a month

At least eight humpback whales struck by boats off B.C. coast in less than a month

Some of the humpback collisions involved a B.C. Ferries vessel, a large catamaran ferry and a cruise ship, according to the Marine Education and Research Society.
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'Like a roller coaster': Port Moody home buyers adjust to interest rate hikes

'Like a roller coaster': Port Moody home buyers adjust to interest rate hikes

Why was real estate so busy in the Tri-Cities last spring even as purchasing power dropped and interest rates climbed?
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B.C. man awarded $6.1M after accident paralyzes him

B.C. man awarded $6.1M after accident paralyzes him

Paraplegic Fort St. John man found 25% liable for not wearing his seatbelt
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RCMP dog handler not guilty of excessive force for arrest caught on camera

RCMP dog handler not guilty of excessive force for arrest caught on camera

Cst. Joshua Grafton had been facing one count each of assault, assault with a weapon and obstruction of justice from an early-morning Feb. 18, 2016, arrest of two men caught driving a stolen pickup truck.
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